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Not sure ...are these cool? ...you tell me... Marquee Moon ...Television 12" single .....and I have the album. Camebert Electrique ...Gong .....1st 50p album on Virgin Cool to me ....Hogwash ....Groundhogs,first Album I ever bought,original tripple fold sleeve ....I thought Pete cruickshanks' Zematis bass was the coolest looking bass ever!!

Last night was absolutely amazing! Jam packed full of people just to see us .. .as mentioned elsewhere it was a one off reunion of a Stereophonics tribute band ..... we were helping raise funds for the landlady who is leaving after 17 years due to Punch Taverns being money grabbing swindling ar*h*l*s. We played really well to say we haven't played together for four years and the whole night was a "love fest"....the pub sold out of beer....no draught lager or cider...no bottled cider or "alcopops"...just a few bottles of bud left in the fridge. The landlady was in tears....of joy... and insisted on paying us even though we tried to not take a fee....loved every minute of it!

Debs. Well done ,so pleased it went well for you.Let me know when you are next playing! Kev It wasn't as bad as you seem to think mate....not many punters in but apparently it had been full on Thursday due to some celebration or other and it was the first weekend for ages that you could count on the weather being good so ...as usual...half of Nottingham would be at the East coast!. Enjoy tonight and keep letting us know when you are playing ....I enjoy the band. Big Red Sorry buddy but laziness got the better of me and I stayed at the Vollo....also there was not much of a crowd so I thought I would support Kev. Glad you had a good one again.......I will look out for future gigs ...Ironic really I am usually in Scotland at the weekend!

MMM I'll try to master the art of being in two places at once....I will go to the Vollo to see Kev with the Nathan wall band for their first set as they are out of town then get back to the Jam cafe later and hope that you are on late....say 10.00-10.30 ish? I need to go to the vollo as that is where I am gigging on Saturday and I need to borrow a guitar for one song...friends should be there that i can ask. I don't have a band at the moment as I spend half the week in Edinburgh and half in Nottingham . Saturday is a one off reunion of the old Stereophonics tribute band I played in as a favour to the landlady as she liked us....it's also my birthday treat to myself as I am 56 on Sunday! If I get waylaid and miss the Terrortones I will make sure I catch the next one .....I have loved all your videos so far!

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1373359026' post='2136533'] Would have looked in out of curiosity as I've still never seen them live but I'm treading the boards at some pub or other on Friday night myself. [/quote] I'm treading the boards at that very same venue on Saturday night I'll pop in and say hi on Friday.

He probably wouldn't thank me for this but for me one of the best bass players i have ever seen and(or) heard is a fellow Nottingham guy named Wayne Evans.... His band in the Seventies..Gaffa... were awesome. He then set up a fab outfit called Marcel Marceau Sound... He plays bass and sings lead vocals (the vocals in a very distinctive Nottingham accent) and he amazes me every time I see him... He has done many things over the thirty to forty years i have known of him...I can't say known him because although he recognises me when we meet he has never been a close friend....check out the last pedestrians for his current ...and fabulous...upright bass material.

There was (is?) locally a band called ...no way sis ...guess who they were a tribute too! Whilst on holiday in Devon...Barnstaple ..in 2005 with my mates we saw a gig advertised at one of the pubs for "the Food fighters"..we went along expecting a tribute band ....... They turned out to be just a regular pub rock covers band ...they were fabulous though and we had a great night!

Thanks Xilddx I did know the difference but wouldn't have expressed it so eloquently!.... I just checked on the "news" I had heard about HIV and found this... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/03/2-men-cured-of-hiv-lymphoma-stem-cell-transplant_n_3540295.html So yes there may be a cure ...but it's expensive and a bit impractical......still a little hope is much better than none!

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1373237159' post='2135251'] Tell me what exactly? As I understand it, the dude has got AIDS. Not exactly a condition that can be cured by a doctor giving you a prescription, although these days it can be managed by drugs & a healthy lifestyle, etc... [url="http://m.classicrockmagazine.com/news/andy-fraser-how-i-got-aids-and-how-i-survive/"]http://m.classicrock...-how-i-survive/[/url] [/quote] As I read it RATM was being humourous.....Hopefully he's[b] free [/b]of all that now.... Obviously AIDS is a horrible thing to suffer from and everybody wishes Andy (or Mr Fraser to me as I do not know him personally,unfortunately.) all the very best. I didn't know he was suffering from AIDS and I assume RATM didn't either otherwise I am sure he wouldn't have made the joke. Incidentally, I heard a news report the other day that said nobody had to die from being HIV possitive these days as drugs had been developed to prevent it......I hope I have remembered that correctly....If that's true then it's great news indeed. I genuinely meant no offence Peteb and understand that your knowledge of his condition would mean that you would miss the pun. Like many on here I grew up loving Andy Frasers bass lines and can still now,,just about, manage a passable version of his lines to Mr Big from the live album....something that gives me great pleasure! I wish him well. Ray

Hopefully he's free of all that now [quote name='peteb' timestamp='1373211111' post='2134734'] I'm afraid that you can never be free of AIDS - hopefully he is managing it as well as possible... [/quote] Mr Machine.... should I tell him or will you?

I couldn't decide where this thread fits....Gigs ? Off topic? or here so I thought I would let you all decide! I am going to be playing my only gig of the year (so far) next Saturday at the Old Volunteer in Carlton Nottingham.We are reforming our Stereophonics tribute band for one gig to help the landlady and her husband at this fabulous Nottingham music venue. Because I live half the week in Edinburgh and half in Nottingham I left my old band and now cannot find the time to join another....I miss playing....but don't know what to do about it. That is one reason behind this post ...anyone any ideas? The second point is we are playing for free to help raise money for the landlady because they are a victim of the Punch Taverns method of doing business (all the other pub holding companies are as bad!) After !7 years of struggling they are being hounded out and charged an extortionate amount for delapidation,rent and beer bills..... my point is .... I have met many people who have fallen foul of this practice....and it is often a music venue that gets closed down ...does anyone have experience of these companies actually helping music venues? It seems to me that they all want pseudo restaurants and are happy to destroy the traditional pub.

I have to get to East midlands Airport for my flight to edinburgh at 11.50am ....I hope all of you will be there early!

Glad you enjoyed yourself Debs,I hope Phil did too (ooo look at me ,sounds like I know you both ) Seriously though you both deserve some "me time" and what can be better than having a blast on the bass! Thinking of you Ray

Skank old chap,has anyone ever told you that sometimes you can be quite amusing?

I clicked on reply to topic..... and words fail me...... WOW! Just WOW!!!!

I missed the rant ......but whatever it was about ,well done for facing up to your mistakes and apologising in public. I don't know you ,butI would be happy to get to know anyone who behaves so respectfully. Regards Ray

On Skanks theme....how great is nature?! ...My back yard/garden was a mass of weeds and rubbish when i moved in last year. I went to town with the most powerfull weedkiller i could find and it cleared EVERYTHING...... I now have half a dozen Daffodils fighting their way through the wilderness

I enjoy all aspects of Basschat. I haven't sold anything on here but would be happy to pay to do so..... My one experince of purchasing from here was very pleasant and friendly As for the bad vibes...I just ignore the topics that end up with arguements ....to me it's a bit like The Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2 ....a waste of time ....one person for something ,one against...and no resolution!....The only difference is Dr Dave usually comes along and cheers me up Keep up the good work guys!

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1366375751' post='2051732'] An appalling crime, disgusting! [/quote] Somebody had to acknowledge your keen eye sir!

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1366392425' post='2052068'] Not probable at all, I think. I think it's more probable that the key word is "guitar". As in: "How sad must one be to choose exactly a guitar?" best, bert [/quote] That's the way I read it ...I thought it was sarcasm at it's best,but maybe,as he has not been back to explain,it was a troll

That is awesome ......he must have been some guy! Well done everybody involved.

Having never thought about this until this thread appeared....... I was surprised to realise that I have played in (at least) ten English counties,two Welsh,played half a dozen military camps in Germany and lived and played in Tenerife! Makes me sound quite good doesn't it?.......... I don't feel it My actual ambition ,once I realised that Burke Shelly wasn't ever going to leave Budgie , Was to play the main stage at Rock City in Nottingham. I managed it by cheating ....we did some charity gigs there ....but hey ,It was still a blast having 1500 people cheering every song! I will make sure that non of you get the wrong impression here........ Almost all of the above was achieved playing in either covers or tribute bands

I used to struggle to sing and play anything other than a simple root note bass line ....... I then played for a living for a couple of years ...4/5 gigs a week and I remember vividly one night realising that I could sing and play...we were playing Lying eyes by the Eagles at the time ( ) I then proceeded to think up a variation to the bass line ...and then drifted off to think about what I was going to cook for supper...and felt really pleased with myself "finaly I've cracked this bass playing malarky"..... Now that I am back playing one or two gigs a month I fail miserably at singing bv and playing at the same time

In all seriousness?!....you go back to number two offering to sell at 1800 and tell number one ...thanks for the offer I'll get back to you if I don't sell it.....then sit back and wait for number three!

Yes I remember all sorts of things from many moons ago...including all the words to a 1977 Rubettes song that was on Radio 2 today I did see Hawkwind at Reading festival in the Seventies......does that get me off the hook?